In the age of digital video and voice recorders, it is amazing that anyone can still be misquoted. But it happens.

We believe the reporters who wrote these stories made honest mistakes that were not intended to become issues in this campaign.  However, there are certain people who will never stop their relentless personal attacks, and they rarely allow the truth to slow them down.

One would think that surely they will now admit that their false negative attacks went too far, and they will correct their mistakes.  We are not holding our breath.

False Negative Attack #1:

In an appearance at Elizabethtown this weekend, Mitch McConnell showed how deeply out of touch he is with the sacrifice our armed forces have given in Bush's folly of the Iraq War. Who are the real victims and "casualties" of the Iraq War? His poor little Republican friends who lost their office.

Describing the party’s 2006 loss of Congressional District Rep. Anne Northup and last year’s loss of Republican Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher as casualties of the Iraq war, McConnell said he’s optimistic Republicans will hold the 2nd congressional district seat left up for grabs with the announcement of Rep. Ron Lewis’, R-Cecilia, retirement.

Yes, poor Anne Northup, one of Bush's biggest enablers in the House, is a casualty of the Iraq War. – Quoted from the “Ditch Mitch” website 2/4/2008

Listen to what Senator McConnell actually said.

Read the entire article here.

False Negative Attack #2:

There was a similar incident in December, when Senator McConnell’s six-minute answer to a question was over-simplified and misrepresented.

In the article that was used to justify the false attacks in December, a reporter used quotation marks around her own 161 word paraphrase of what was actually a 912 word answer.  

And, most recently, he callously quipped that we ought not feel too bad about those who died in Iraq, because, afterall, “remember, these are not draftees, these are full-time professional soldiers” -Vote Vets

Listen to the full audio of the six minute exchange. 

Read the entire article here.